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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Class Monday
I agree that class was helpful. But it also made me start my child search over! And then I thought I would use a 4 year old my cousin babysits, but apparently she is a child genious and has perfectly developed speech!
Remember it is not about how well their SPEECH is developed...it is about their LANGUAGE. You still may want to use this four year old. I think you will still find it very interesting. You may want to tackle the analysis of the semantics...I will help you!
I am also a little confused about the speech/language level of the child we will be working with. I wasnt sure if I could choose any child or if I should work with a child who is having developmental problems.... Class helped me TONS Monday..I really think this is the only question I have left.
The child does NOT have to have "problems." To make the project most meaningful to you the child should not have "fully developed language." Therefore, this could be a three year old or a four year old. These children will still have many features of language they have not mastered.
However, if you wanted to do a 10 year old who has autism it is most likely this child would ALSO have some language delay or developmental issues. This would be very different than doing a language analysis project on a 10 year old with no special needs.
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I just realized when I read over my post that I spelled genius wrong! haha. Please don't think I can't spell!
Remember it is not about how well their SPEECH is developed...it is about their LANGUAGE. You still may want to use this four year old. I think you will still find it very interesting. You may want to tackle the analysis of the semantics...I will help you!
Mrs. White
I am also a little confused about the speech/language level of the child we will be working with. I wasnt sure if I could choose any child or if I should work with a child who is having developmental problems....
Class helped me TONS Monday..I really think this is the only question I have left.
The child does NOT have to have "problems." To make the project most meaningful to you the child should not have "fully developed language." Therefore, this could be a three year old or a four year old. These children will still have many features of language they have not mastered.
However, if you wanted to do a 10 year old who has autism it is most likely this child would ALSO have some language delay or developmental issues. This would be very different than doing a language analysis project on a 10 year old with no special needs.
Does this help?
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